> On Fri, 31 May 2002, Lynn W. Taylor wrote: > > If you're monitoring your own domains, why not watch the root > > servers?? > > The root servers lag behind whois and I monitor the root servers too. > :-)
More importantly, monitoring the root servers won't show an unauthorized contact change. WHOIS will show nameserver changes, renewals, ownership changes, everything. -- The nice thing about standards, there is enough for everyone to have their own.
